Process For Manufacturing Sound Absorbing Cement Tile

a technology of cement tile and sound absorption, which is applied in the direction of ceramicware, manufacturing tools, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of reducing the final strength of gypsum matrix, reducing foam efficiency, and weakening the structure of the gypsum matrix,

Active Publication Date: 2006-08-10
ETEX BUILDING PERFORMANCE INT SAS
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[0024] The invention thus provides a continuous process for manufacturing a sound absorbing tile made from a slurry comprising, on a wet basis about 53 to about 68 wt % quick setting cement, about 17% to about 48 wt % water, about 0.05 to about 5 wt % fibers and about 0.01 to about 1 Owt % foaming agent, said tile having pores comprising interconnected voids and having a porosity from 75 to 95% by volume of said tile, said process comprising the steps of: (i) mixing cementitious material, water, foaming agent but without

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The mixer, which is usually a high shear mixer, assures the foam is completely combined with the plaster slurry but at the cost of a huge reduction in foam efficiency.
However, this additional water reduces the final strength of the gypsum matrix by unnecessarily increasing the space between the gypsum crystals and, thus, forming a weaker structure.
Further, these documents disclose processes that still provide the usual pore volume with no control over the size and distribution of the bubbles.
Air is entrapped, from the ambient, in the slurry, where the entrapment results from the combination of a dry mixture of plaster, (and optional additives) and of an aqueous mixture of water and surfactant However, the process used in this document is of the batch type, which rather unsuitable for an industrial use.
The type of mixer used in this document is not suited for the production of boards or panels on a conventional plasterboard line, since the slurry that is produced is of high viscosity so as to adhere to the wall, making this slurry completely unsuited for the production of boards or panels.
Last, this type of mixer presents the drawback of

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[0043] The mixing device that is used comprises a high-shear mixer, which can be of the type disclosed in DE-A-3,138,808, incorporated herein by reference. The blender for air is shown in the figure. It comprises a barrel 10, with a tee 11 at its bottom for receiving the slurry (which may be manufactured according to any high-shear process) through pipe 12 and air through pipe 13. Air and the slurry mixes to some extent in the tee, and then the mixture penetrates into barrel 10. Barrel 10 is equipped with a rotating shaft with agitator blades 14a, 14b, etc., e.g. 8 blades par stage, where the shaft would comprise e.g. 4 stages, with the lower stage being close to the inlet into barrel 10. Barrel 10 will show an inclined top discharge 15. For example, the barrel might be of about 90 mm inner diameter, with blades of about 40 mm radius and 1 mm thick. The barrel will be about 210 mm high up to the lowest part of the discharge inclined part 15, and the blades will be along the shaft se...

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Abstract

A continuous process for manufacturing a sound absorbing tile made from a slurry including, quick setting cement, water, fibers and foaming agent, the process including the steps of (i) mixing cementitious material, water, foaming agent but without incorporation of prefabricated foam with fibers into a slurry; subsequently; (ii) injecting and distributing air into the slurry of step (i) to form a cellular slurry; subsequently; (iii) forming tiles or precursor products of tiles from the cellular slurry; and finally; (iv) allowing the cellular slurry to set into the desired tile or a precursor thereof.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The instant invention relates to a process for manufacturing acoustical cellular cementitious slurry. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART [0002] Cementitious materials are known for many years. Examples of cementitious material can be gypsum (which is available in many forms), Portland cement, sorrel cement, slag cement, fly ash cement, calcium alumina cement, and the like. [0003] U.S. Pat. No. 6,443,258 to Putt discloses a process for making sound absorbing panels in which plaster, fibers, water and foaming agent are mixed and simultaneously aerated using a mixing device similar to a kitchen aide mixer, orbiting and rotating mixing device. Air is entrapped, from the ambient, in the slurry, where the entrapment results from the combination of a dry mixture of plaster, (and optional additives) and of an aqueous mixture of water and surfactant. [0004] A typical industrial use is the manufacture of plaster wallboard. In this process air is usually introduced into t...

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IPC IPC(8): B29C44/34
CPCB01F5/0473B01F7/00633B01F7/22B28C5/06B28C5/383B28C5/40C04B28/145C04B38/10C04B2111/0062C04B2111/52C04B20/0048C04B38/0074B01F25/3141B01F27/191B01F27/91C04B28/02C04B28/14
Inventor BUTLER, STEVEN ROYBOLD, JORGMILLAMON, ERICRIGAUDON, MICHEL
Owner ETEX BUILDING PERFORMANCE INT SAS
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